Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2023 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 46)

And, done.  Pain, lots of pain.  12-second PR on the Zwift Bologna course and all-time power PRs from 10 minutes through about 23 minutes.  Executed perfectly and fell apart at the line after starting to crack in the last 2-3 minutes.

21:36 @ 272 W

Ouch...how much stuff did they need to replace? 

I completed my first tri on a $300 Gary Fisher hybrid.  LOL  I was SO sad when it was stolen.

@Gretchen...you needed a new head tube???  Wow. you must have jacked that poor thing up over there.  I actually didn't know you could do that...mine is fully integrated to the rest of the frame.

@Andrew:  your rough performance is probably a little of both, just getting back into it and residual sickness malaise; it'll go away; and congrats on the Kiwi women's big win today!  We play I guess tomorrow morning your time, 9 PM here so it will be a late night

This morning was a recovery effort with 50 minutes on the bike and 25 on the treadmill, all low Z2 efforts.  I'm at 415 miles so far in July with three stages to go - I think I'll be a little hard-pressed to get to 500 as I only have like 70 left on the docket, and I'm not just going to throw in junk miles so we'll see.  I've lost 2-3 pounds so far this month as I'm consistently under 200 vs. fluctuating between 198 and 203 like I usually do. 

How cool - we'll look for you! 

All this talk about bike maintenance reminds me I need to get mine in next week.  My left brifter is still bent from my zero MPH "crash" from March, I need new brake hoods as mine are about disintegrated, my drivetrain is filthy and definitely needs a tune up and probably a new chain and cassette.  Cha-ching. 

I'd be terrified to take apart my headset or bottom bracket. 

OK - you talked me into it.  Clearly it wasn't that hard.

This morning was a bit of a wreck.  Slept horribly then when I did was awoken by thunderstorms at 3:30 AM, so I decided not to do my 6 AM swim and sleep in a little.  75 minutes on the bike at lunch on Innsbrucking course in high Z2 / low Z3 and attacking the Leg Snapper and Sprint segments.  Mission accomplished.  Tomorrow I'm going to do what Andrew suggested and sandbag my way through a D group ride to get some easy extra junk miles in join the Thundering HERD group on an endurance group ride for about 30 miles.

Hi, all.  Finished up the tour yesterday with a bit of a whimper, as our schedule around here really messed with my planning and I had to do a shorter ride than planned.  Still, all in as follows for the 23 days:

Swim: 4h 32m 07s - 11500 Yd
Bike: 26h 49m 06s - 484.5 Mi
Run: 2h 07m 36s - 10.93 Mi
Strength: 3h 14m
Hiking: 6h 29m

Fitness and fatigue numbers on Training Peaks are the highest they've ever been, and I've had only one day off out of the last 31.  Body is holding together more or less right now with one training week left with lots of running and swimming and some OWS and transition practice mixed in, then full-on taper madness.

@Gretchen:  love your burst of energy now at the end of your plan - perfect timing to get outside; hopefully the weather cooperates for you

@Nathalie:  great week!  looking good for your super sprint (I really want to do one of those at some point to see what I have redlining it the whole time)

@Andrew:  how was the match?  The U.S. didn't play great but Vietnam's keeper was outstanding and kept the score down.  Didn't help that Morgan shanked the PK, but it happens and rather it now than in the quarterfinals or something.

Our little cherub also has her own wing of the upstairs.  Just like me growing up. NOT

Now that she's partially moved out we're going to commandeer the "play" room into a storage area to keep all the crap we should probably give or throw away.